Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

Still, California is no stranger to the upper levels of unemployment rankings. June 2025 was the 19th time the state ranked ...

U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be ...

A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.

Two years ago, the Ocean State’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent. Last quarter, it hit 4.9 percent, according to the Rhode ...

The UI debt is part of the reason why, as the Legislative Analyst warned in May, California faces a yearly “wall of debt” ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly described the labor market as solid and balanced at his press conference on ...

The Federal Reserve resisted pressure from the White House last week and left its policy rate unchanged. It was the right decision. As Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged, the case for a cut was a ...

Big question marks still loom for the Fed, and while the jobs report last Friday was weak, the unemployment rate remains low.